Employment
of the Mothers as a Determinant of Mother-Daughter Relationship
and the Development of Masculinity-Femininity among Young Girls
R.C. Dixit & P.L. Vishnoi |
The
increasing in the number of working mothers in recent generations
has inevitably had an effect on family relationships. The findings
of the present study clearly suggest that girls of the employed mothers
possess greater masculine trends than that of the unemployed ones.
It suggests that mothers who were employed are largely perceived
by their daughters as neglecting, rejecting, punishing whereas the
unemployed ones are perceived as protecting, rewarding and loving.
The tantative explanation proves into the various situational factors
which lead to development of masculinity in girls due to their mothers
employment on the one hand and their perception of them as punishing,
on the other.
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